“To Count Grains of Sand on the Ocean Floor: Changing Perceptions of Books and Learning in Song Dynasty China.” Knowledge and Text Production in An Age of Print: China, 900-1400, ed. Lucille Chia and Hilde De Weerdt. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. 33-62.

“花卉的誘惑: 歐陽修的《洛陽牡丹記》” (Seduced By flowers: Ouyang Xiu’s Record of the Peonies of Luoyang). 《紀念歐陽修一千年誕辰國際學術研討會會議論文集》(Conference Volume of Essays from the International Conference Commemorating the Thousand Year

“The Emperor and the Ink Plum: Tracing a Lost Connection between Literati and Huizong's Court.” In Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture: China, Europe, and Japan, ed. David Knechtges and Eugene Vance. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. Pp. 117-148.

“Nature and Higher Ideals in Texts on Calligraphy, Music, and Painting.” In Chinese Aesthetics: The Orderings of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties, ed. Zong-qi Cai. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004. Pp. 277-309.

“Guanzhui bian, Western Citations, and the Cultural Revolution.” Workshop on Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang: A Centennial Perspective. Centre for Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, December 11, 2010.

“谈宋代笔记中的的内容和语言”(On the content and language of Song dynasty miscellanies). Department of Chinese, Yangzi University. Jingzhou, Hubei, September 18, 2010.

“《管锥编》中引用的西方书籍”(On the citation of Western writings in Guanzhui bian). Institute for Literature, Wuhan University. September 16, 2010.

“二十年来北美洲唐代文学和词学研究”(North American studies of Tang dynasty literature and song lyrics during the past twenty years). Institute for Literature, Wuhan University. September 14, 2010.

“‘仰不知雅言之可愛,俯不知俗論之可卑’: 宋代筆記對日常生活的探討” (‘I do not know that elegant words are admirable, nor do I know that vulgar opinions should be denigrated’: on the exploration of daily life found in Song dynasty miscellanies). Department of Chinese, Fudan University, May 26, 2010.

“美國漢學界最近傾向(Recent Trends in Chinese Studies in the USA). Program in International Sinology, National Taiwan Normal University, September 24, 2009.

“‘智愚好醜無所不存’:宋代筆記對城市下層的探討”(Wisdom and folly, and beauty and ugliness are found everywhere”: an inquiry into urban lower-class life in Song dynasty miscellanies”). Department of Chinese, National Taiwan University, September 23, 2009.

“宋元明清學者怎麼樣對待李清照得一些矛盾和問題 (The treatment of Li Qingzhao by Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing scholars, some contradictions and questions). Department of Chinese, National Taiwan University, September 21, 2009.

“The Language of Flowers in China.” The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. San Marino, California, March 31, 2009.

“Voice and Autobiography in the Song Lyrics of Li Qingzhao.” Annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, Western Branch. UC Irvine, October 12-13, 2007.

“花卉的誘惑: 歐陽修的《洛陽牡丹記》” (Seduction By flowers: Ouyang Xiu’s Record of the Peonies of Luoyang). Conference Commemorating the Thousand Year Anniversary of the Birth of Ouyang Xiu. Chinese Department, National Taiwan University, September 28-29, 2007.

“To Count Grains of Sand on the Ocean Floor: Changing Perceptions of Books and Learning in the Song Dynasty.” Conference on “First Impressions: The Cultural History of Print in Imperial China (8th -14th centuries). Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, June 25-27, 2007.

“Changing Conceptions of Books and Learning in Song Period China,” Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley, April 13, 2007.

“Li Qingzhao and the Burden of Female Talent.” Center for East Asian Studies, Princeton University, March 8, 2007.

“北宋文人的大男人观念:花谱,歌词,诗话” (Changing concepts of masculinity among Northern Song period literati: treatises on flowers, love songs, and remarks on poetry). Institute of Literature and Philosophy. Academia Sinica. Nangang, Taiwan. June 12, 2006.

“Gender and Developments in Song Dynasty Aesthetics.” Seminar. Department of Chinese, Linguistics, and Translation. City University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. June 8, 2006.

“宋代书记的流通和当时对学问和著作的观念”(The transmission of books during the Song dynasty and ideas about learning and writing). Department of Chinese Language and Literature. Peking University. Beijing, China. May 22, 2006.

“Early Book Printing in China and Its Impact upon Reading, Writing, and Learning.” Center for Ideas and Society. University of California, Irvine. February 9, 2006.

“书籍的流通如何影响宋代文人对文本的观念” (The influence that the transmission of books had upon Song literati thought about books and the written word). International Conference on Song Dynasty Literature. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R.C. September 10-15, 2005.

“Resistance to Book Printing in Eleventh-century China.” Workshop on Early Book Printing in China. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, April 24-26, 2005.

“Aesthetic Pursuits in Northern Song China.” Department of Chinese Studies. National University of Singapore. March 15, 2005.

“宋代反對印刷業的聲音” (Hostility to book printing in the Song dynasty). Department of Chinese. Fudan University, November 25, 2004.

“To Change Iron into Gold: Song Dynasty Poetry and the Inspiration of the Past.” In conference on “Reading Chinese Poetry: Interpretive Methods, Critical Approaches & Teaching Strategies.” Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. November 12, 2004.

“Song Dynasty Literature.” Planning Meeting for The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, New Haven. November 6, 2004.

“Commerical Printers and the Court in Song Dynasty China.” Conference on “Court Cultures in Comparative Perspective.” Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, October 9, 2004.

“美國漢學家研究唐宋文學的新趨向” (Recent trends in the study of Tang and Song period literature in the USA). Chinese Department, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, September 12, 2004.

“Poetry Classics, Old and New in Song Dynasty Literary Thought.” In conference on “History, Poetry, and the Classical Tradition.” Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, New Haven, April 24, 2004.

“秦觀《逆旅集序》與北宋文人寫筆記小說的趨勢” (Qin Guan’s preface to Temporary Lodgings and the composition of anecdotal collections by Northern Song literati). Department of Chinese, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai, December 11, 2003.

“Marriage, Widowhood, and Writing in the Life of Li Qingzhao.” Lecture sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of California, Davis, April 10, 2003. “Domestic Violence in the Life and Afterlife of Li Qingzhao.” For Symposium on The Question of Violence, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, March 7, 2003. “The

Trouble with Peonies: Beauty and Botanical Treaties in the Northern Song,” American Oriental Society, Western Branch annual meeting. Tucson, Arizona. October 11, 2002.

“Art Collecting and Its Discontents in the Song Dynasty: Su Shi, Mi Fu, and Wang Shen.” Faculty Seminar, Dept. of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong. December 3, 2001.

“Chinese Classics and Western Literatures in the Essays of Qian Zhongshu.” Conference on “Matteo Ricci and After: Four Centuries of Cultural Interactions between China and the West.” Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, City University of Hong Kong. October 12, 2001.

“宋代詩文中的陶瓷器” (Pottery and porcelain in Song dynasty poetry). Centre for Chinese Civilization, City University of Hong Kong. October 4, 2001.

“宋代收藏古物的觀念” (The collecting of antiquities in the Song dynasty). Centre for Chinese Civilization, City University of Hong Kong. September 20, 2001.

“Art Objects and Collecting in the Song Period.” Seminar for faculty and graduate students, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin, Madison. April 20, 2001.

“Huizong's Palace Poems (Gong ci 宮詞).” For Conference on Huizong and the Culture of Northern Song China. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. Februrary 1-3, 2001.

“Nature and Higher Ideals in Texts on Calligraphy, Music, and Painting.” For Conference on Chinese Aesthetics: The Orderings of Word, Image, and the World in the Six Dynasties. Allerton Conference Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 3-4, 2000. “宋代詩話出現和蔓延的原因” (On the appearance and proliferation of “Poetry Talks” during the Song dynasty) Plenary Session, International Conference on Song Dynasty Literature. Fudan University, Shanghai, March 29, 2000.

“The Emperor and the Ink Plum: Literari and the Court of Huizong.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 10, 2000.

“The Trouble with Peonies: Beauty and Botany in the Northern Song Dynasty.” Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 25, 1999.

“Early 'Shi hua' in Song Dynasty Literary Culture.” Panel on Song Dynasty Poetry at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 14, 1999.

“The Emperor and the Ink Plum: Issues in Politics and Culture at the Court of Huizong.” Faculty Seminar, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, January 23, 1999.

“Reading Classical Chinese Poetry: Conventions and Strategies.” Chair of Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., March 29, 1998.

“Productive Antipathies in Court Service and Painting in Northern Song Dynasty China.” Conference on Court Cultures in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Taipei: National Taiwan University, August 25-29, 1997.

“Poet, Mind, and World: A Reconsideration of the 'Shen si' Chapter of Wenxin diaolong.” Conference on The Idea of Literary Culture: Contemporary Perspectives on Wenxin diaolong. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 10-12, 1997.

“The Old Man as Poet in Chinese Literature.” Discussant for Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1997.

“Qian Zhongshu's Reading of the Classics: An Analysis of the Underlying Principles of Guanzhui bian”. Hsin-chu Bank Endowed Lectures in Intellectual and Cultural History. National Tsing Hua Univeristy, December 10-15, 1996.

“The Language of Shi ji” for Workshop on Shi ji, Harvard University, October 20-21, 1996. “Qian Zhongshu's Essays on Ideas and Letters,” paper presented at the Western Branch of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 3, 1995.

“Su Shih as Governor and Poet” for panel entitled “Poetry and Politics in Imperial China,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., March 17, 1989. “Collecting Antiquities in the Sung Dynasty,” Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Tucson, Arizona, October 30, 1987.

“Poetry and Literary Values,” for panel entitled “Trends and Turning Points in the History of Middle Period China,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 1986.

Referee for book manuscripts submitted to: Princeton University Press, Stanford University Press, Harvard Council on East Asian Studies Publications, University of California Press, and University of Hawaii Press.

Referee for fellowship applications submitted to American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.